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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1971
Page
3
Fragments describe a dangerous competition or conflict, mentioning mercury and metal hazards. The text is garbled with incomplete phrases about rivalry and unsafe materials, lacking clear names, dates, or locations to anchor a full event summary.
Alvin H. Frankel guardianship for Graeme Murdoch 40 receives 3,009,408.50 from Philadelphia after a 1965 crash on the Schuylkill Expressway left him partly paralyzed and brain damaged. Jury found city at fault for a roadway fence post. an engineering firm was cleared. Judge reduced initial 3,308,406.90 to reflect medical expenses earnings and pain. Murdoch is under care in Haverford. guardian listed as Alvin H. Frankel.
Fredonia man Guy J. Long was found not guilty in a non jury trial before Judge Robert Wolfe in Warren County court on larceny of a motorcycle. Testimony placed the bike in Long’s truck after an August 1970 Bear Lake Inn incident, with Long admitting presence at the inn and claiming ignorance of the cycle’s presence until the accident.
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives cites Eugene Gruber of R D J Corry for outstanding Vietnam era service. Using private radio gear he provides telephone taps for families to connect with relatives overseas and monitors bands for the U S Army from his home. He says the award is the first of its kind from any state legislature.
Pennsylvania mails the first new license plate applications in six years as the Transportation Department begins sending forms for 5,000,000 vehicles. Plates will be aluminum with a navy blue field, gold lettering, the Liberty Bell icon and a Bicentennial 76 inscription, with standard fees $14 or $16 for wagon licenses and optional personalized plates.
Congress is urged to approve 950 million in federal grants for public works in areas with unemployment above 8.75 percent. The bill would finance 89 percent of project costs for permanent facilities and favor high building-cost projects, with Nixon urged to release frozen funds.
State Senator R Budd Dwyer has been appointed to six Senate committees for the 1971 72 session by Republican Leader Robert D Fleming. He joins Education Highways Forests and Waters Game and Mines and Mineral Industries Agriculture and Banking and notes his past service in conservation and education. In Mercer Crawford and southeastern Erie counties his new duties cover major local interests. Additionally weaving student Derek Barnes completes an embroidered Queen portrait after 2000 hours and 1.4 million stitches at Windsor Castle.
President Nixon outlines a sweeping 1971 program in a three hour cabinet session. He calls for a revolutionary approach to government with expanded revenue sharing and more local control. He aims to make government more responsive while preparing for the 1972 campaign.
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